Shirt finishing table



. Sept. 13, 1938.

c. LEADERACH 2,130,282 SHIRT FINISHING TABLE Filed Jan. 8, 1937 Patented Sept. 13, 1938 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE SHIRT FINISHING TABLE Charles Leaderach, Peekskill, N. Y.

Application January 8, 1937, Serial No. 119,690

2 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in shirt finishing table.

The primary object of this invention is to provide a table for finishing a shirt after it has been operated upon by the sleever and while the shirt is still in a damp condition.

Heretofore, the regular procedure followed in ironing shirts in laundries, consists of first ironing the collar and cuffs by a rotary machine and then passing the shirt in its partially ironed condition to a table where it is hand ironed to finish the sleeve portions, gusset portions and other parts not ironed by the ironing machine.

In the above practice, considerable time is consumed in arranging the shirt for hand ironing in view of the fact that the shirt must be folded during such ironing operation.

The objections to the prior mode of shirt finishing are overcome by providing a table which may be arranged close to the sleever so that the shirt may be transferred to the table in a face downward position, whereby the sleeve and gusset portions may be ironed by placing movable tables over ironed portions of the shirt as they are finished. The invention proposes to provide a table particularly shaped to receive the yoke portion of a shirt and after the yoke portion of a shirt has been ironed, another table is swung from a vertical position over the back of the shirt and the sleeves folded down thereon so that they may be ironed. The gusset board is then moved into position to complete the ironing operation.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent during the course of the following description, forming a part of this specification and taken with the drawing wherein,

Figure 1 is a top elevational view illustrating an embodiment of this invention with the gusset board illustrated by dotted lines in a laterally shifted position;

Figure 2 is a vertical cross-sectional View taken on line 22 of Figure 1, looking in the direction of the arrows and showing the superposed ironing board in full line and showing the board swung to an inoperative position by dotted lines;

Figure 3 is a. vertical cross-sectional view taken on line 33 of Figure 1, looking in the direction of the arrows, illustrating the manner in which the boards are swung to a limit stop which engages the rear end of the sleeve board;

Figure 4 is a vertical cross-sectional view taken on line 4-4 of Figure 1, looking in the direction of the arrows, illustrating the pivot construction of the sleeve board and showing the horizontally swinging gusset board mounted thereabove; and

Figure 5 is a vertical cross-sectional view taken on line 55 of Figure 1, looking in the direction of the arrows, showing the manner of supporting the yoke board and the sleeve board positioned thereabove.

In the drawing, wherein for the purpose of illustrating the invention and wherein like reference characters will be employed to designate like parts throughout the same, the reference characters 5 and 6 will generally be employed to indicate a pair of vertical standards having flanged collars I on the lower ends thereof so that the vertical standards may be secured to a floor by means of screws or other fastening elements. The upper ends of the vertical standards 5 and 6 are connected by a yoke board 8 and said yoke board 8 may be held in place by means of a flanged collar 9 similar to'the flanged collar 1. Suitable covering and padding Iii-may be provided on the yoke board to present a surface upon which a shirt yoke may be placed for ironing.

In spaced parallel relation to the vertical standards 5 and 6 is a pair of vertical standards I I and I2 which may be formed of pipe or tubular conduit similar to the vertical standards 5 and 6. A flanged collar I3 may be secured to each of the vertical standards I I and I2 for the purpose of anchoring the standards to the floor or surface upon which the finisher is used. The upper end of each of the vertical standards I I and I2 is provided with elbows M and I5 respectively threaded in place and facing in opposed relation for receiving the threaded ends it and ll of a horizontal bar I8.

The vertical standards 5-4 and I I--I2 are provided with brace bars I9 and Zil respectively that are connected together intermediate their ends by means of a bar 21 secured thereto by couplings 22 and 23 respectively.

Forming a frame work with the vertical standards II and I2 is a pair of vertical standards 24 and 25 which are formed of a material similar to the vertical standards 5 and 6, and I I and I2 and are provided at their upper ends with elbows 21 and 28 connecting a horizontal bar 29. The lower ends of the vertical standards 24 and 25 are provided with flanged collars 39 for the purpose of anchoring the standards to the floor. Couplings 3! and 32 are mounted on the vertical standards 24 and 25 to which are connected reinforcing bars 33 and 34 respectively which are connected to similar couplings 35 and 36 carried by the vertical standards II and I2. The horizontal bar forms a stop for a sleeve board 38 which is capable of being swung on the horizontal bar I8 carried by the vertical standards Ii and I2. The sleeve board 38 is attached to the horizontal bar I8 by means of journal brackets 39 securely held in place by means of nuts and bolts 40.

The sleeve board 38 is provided with a triangular portion 4I terminating in a rectangular portion 42 at one end and extending rearwardly for the rest of its length with the parallel edges forming a portion 43. The portion 43 may engage under the horizontal bar 29 and limit the vertical swinging movement of the portion 42 in a downward direction. Suitable covering and felting may be provided as at 45 for the sleeve ironing board 38 to present an ironing surface having the required flexibility.

Pivotally attached to the sleeve ironing section 38 is a gusset ironing section 46 which is substantially diamond-shape and has one end pivoted as at 47 to swing in a plane parallel with the sleeve board 38. A spacer block 48 is interposed between the gusset ironing board 45 and the shirt sleeve ironer 38 so that the gusset ironing board will be maintained in a spaced relation with respect to the sleeve ironing surface 38. A covering 49 may be provided for the gusset board 46 and suitable felting may be interposed between the gusset board 46 and the covering 49 to provide a surface similar to the covered surface of the shirt ironing board $8 and yoke ironing board "3.

It is to be noted that the sleeve ironing section 38 and gusset ironing section 46 may swing on the horizontal pivot 53 in unison and that the gusset ironing section 46 may swing on a vertical pivot 47 perpendicular to the plane of the sleeve ironing board 38.

In juxta-positicn to the shirt finisher above described, there may be provided a vertical standard 5| having a flanged collar 52 secured to the lower end thereof for fastening the standards to a floor surface and a base bar 53 may be connected to the intermediate portion of the vertical standard 5| and may be connected to the brace bar 24 by means of a. coupling 54. Supported from the vertical standard 5| is an iron rest 55 which may support an electric iron 56 which has its cable 5"! extending through the top of the vertical standard 5| as at 58 and supported by a flexible spring member 59, one end of which is connected to the vertical standard as at 60 and the opposite end is provided with cord engaging fingers 3| to prevent undue strains on the cable 5? adjacent the inlet 58.

Directly opposite from the iron support 55 on the vertical standard 5| is a support 63 which may be employed for supporting various articles used in the laundry industry.

It has been previously stated herein that a shirt unit in a commercial laundry consists of two presses which are operated mechanically and a sleeve form which is heated by steam and is shaped to fit the size of the sleeve up to the end or near the cuff. Such machines iron the collars and cuffs, the front and back of the shirt and the sleeves, but in the ironing of the back of the shirt, the machines do not reach to the shoulders or yokes as they are referred to in the trade, nor to the ends of the sleeves in proximity of the cuff and such parts of the sleeves are known as gussets in view of the shaping of the end of the sleeve to meet the cuff. In has heretofore been the practice to iron the yoke, finish the sleeves by ironing the gussets by hand ironing but the diinculty encountered has been the rumpling or creasing of the shirt during the handling thereof. In the use of the ironing apparatus disclosed herein the several boards for different parts of the shirt are shaped to fit such parts that are not finished by the machines so that the handling of the shirt is reduced to a minimum. The yoke of the shirt is placed on the yoke board 8 and is ironed in a fiat position, the remainder of the shirt hanging downwardly around the board and is so placed that it will not wrinkle in any way while the yoke is being ironed. After the ironing of the yoke, the shirt is moved upwardly on the shirt board so that it rests on the board on the back portion of by dotted lines in Figure 1.

the shirt with one of the parts of the shirt hanging downwardly around the board. It is to be understood that during the ironing of the yoke on the board 8, the sleeve board 38 has been elevated to the dotted line position shown in Figure 2 to provide free access to the yoke board 8.

While the shirt is suspended by the back portion thereof on the board 8, the sleeve board 38 is lowered to the full line position shown in Figure 2 while the gusset board 45 is swung to a lateral position with respect to the sleeve board as shown The sleeves of the shirt are then moved upwardly over the sleeve board 36 and any portions thereof requiring finishing, other than the gusset portions adjacent the cuff are ironed and the two sleeves of the shirt later cross the sleeve board in a fiat condition orisscrossing each other. The gusset board 46 is then swung on its pivot 41 to occupy the position above thesleeve board 38 and over the crossed sleeves of the shirt. The cuff portion of each sleeve is then moved upwardly tooccupy a position on the gusset board 46 and the pleats and gussets in the sleeve adjacent the cuff are flatly ironed and upon lateral swinging of the gusset board to free the sleeves of the shirt from the sleeve board, the sleeve board with the gusset board returned to a position thereover are unitarily moved in a vertical direction on the sleeve board pivot whereupon the shirt may be removed from the yoke board with the complete finishing thereof accomplished with a minimum of handling with the shirt ready for folding and packagmg.

It is to be understood that the form of the invention herewith shown and described may be taken as a preferred embodiment of the same and that various changes in the shape, size and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the sub-joined claims.

I claim:

1. In a shirt finishing ironer, a supporting frame, a stationary yoke board carried by the upper end of the frame and of a size to be substantially inclosed by a shirt mounted thereon, a sleeve board having a horizontal hinge mounting on the upper end of the frame at one side of the yoke board to occupy positions overlying and adjacent the yoke board and laterally of the yoke board whereby the sleeves of a shirt may be folded over the sleeve board in crisscross position and a sleeve gusset board having a perpendicular pivotal mounting on the sleeve board to be movable therewith and movable independently thereof in a plane parallel with the sleeve board to be positioned laterally of the sleeve board.

2. In a shirt finishing ironer, a supporting frame, a stationary yoke board carried by the upper end of the frame and of a size to be substantially inclosed by a shirt mounted thereon, a sleeve board having a horizontal hinge mounting on the upper end of the frame at one side of the yoke board to occupy positions overlying and adjacent the yoke board, and laterally of the yoke board whereby the sleeves of a shirt may be folded over the sleeve board in crisscross position and a sleeve gusset board having a perpendicular pivotal mounting on the sleeve board adjacent the pivotal end of the latter to be movable therewith and movable independently thereof in a plane parallel with the sleeve board to be positioned laterally of the sleeve board.

CHARLES LEADERACH. 

